Embroidery needle



March 11, 1930.

P. S. KIRBY EMBROIDERY NEEDLE Filed" Jan. 2, 1929 Patented Mar. 1 1,1930 PATENT OFFICE PHILLIP S. KIRBY, OF BARON, OKLAHOMA EMBROIDERYNEEDLE Application filed January 2, 1929. Serial No. 329,718.

This invention relates to embroidery needles and more particularly to aneedlefor use in the construction of rugs.

An important object of the invention is the provision of an improvedneedle structure embodying an adjustable gauge for regulating the depthof the pile with which the rug is provided.

A further object of the invention is the improvement of the needlestructure shown in my prior Patent, No. 1,396,849, granted November 15,1921, for Embroidery needles, to enable the same to be used in rugtuftif still further and more specific object of the invention is theprovision of a structure having a gauge or stop for limiting movement ofthe needle through the material forming the base for the rug or otherarticle under construction and a novel and improved means for mountingand securing this gauge in adjusted positions.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in theaccompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is a sideelevation of an embroidery needle constructed in accordance with 39 myinvention;

Figure 2 is a plan view thereof;

Figure 3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view therethrough;

Figure 4 is a section on the line 4L4 of Figure 3.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the embroidery needlecomprises merging tubular and trough-shaped portions 10 and 11, thetubular portion being pointed at its outer end and having an eye 12formed therein. The tube has an opening 13 opposing this eye tofacilitate the passage of the material employed in embroidering throughthe eye. The outer end of the base wall lt of the trough-shaped sectionis likewlse provided with an eye opening 15 for the passage of theembroidery material which extends through the trough-shaped and tubularsections to the eye 12. Each of the eyes 12 and 15 is preferablyproduced by punching the '19 of different lengths and hereinafterreferred to as the longer and shorter extensions respectively. The outerend of the longer extension is provided with an inwardly directedterminal 20 adapted to interchange ably engage in any of a series ofopenings 21 formed in one side wall of the troughshaped section. By theengagement of this extension in a selected opening, the U-shaped gauge17 may be arranged in predetermined spaced relation to the eye of theneedle, thus determining the extent to which the needle is projectedthrough the material.

To preserve the alignment of the gauge proper, I secure upon the trougha guide 22 of the same cross-sectional characteristics as the trough andof such size that the trough may fit therein. The upper ends of the arms23 of this guide are reverted in spaced relation to the arms and uponthe inner faces theerof, so that they overlie and clamp upon the upperedges of the trough and hold the guide against displacement withrelationthereto. The inner faces of the arms of the guide in oppositionto the outer faces of the arms of the trough are grooved, as indi'aei at24:, so that they combine with the cans of the trough to produce guidingeyes slidably receiving the extensions 18 and 19. These guiding eyes arelongitudinally elongated so that the extensions 18 and 19 andaccordingly the gauge 17 may be very firmly held in position. The guideis secured to the trough adjacent the junction of the trough with thetubular section, so that the end of the longer extension 19 issufficiently exposed to permit flexing thereof, enabling the end portion20 to be disengaged from an opening 21 in which it is disposed andshifted to another opening. This engagement serves to maintain the arm19 in alignment with these openings so that there is little ditiicultyin making changes in the gauge position. The guide, because of itsposition upon the trough, is so located that it reinforces the walls ofthe trough at the point where the needle is grasped by the hand inmanipulation, thus eliminating the necessity for thickening the walls ofthe trough or reinforcing the same at this point to prevent destructionof the needle by the pressure applied thereto when forcing the needlethrough closely woven fabrics.

The outer face of this guide is slightly roughened or milled, so thatthe grip of the fingers thereon may provide the necessary driving forceof the needle without the necessity of the hand clamping the needle withsuch a grip that it rapidly becomes cramped.

it will be obvious that a structure of this character maybe very readily and cheaply manufactured, may be very readily adjusted andmanipulated and will be durable and eliicient in service. It will alsobe obvious that the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of acertain range of change and modification without materially departingfrom the spirit of the invention and I accordingly do not limit myselfto such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim 1. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped andtubular sections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes forthe passage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting andsecured upon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associatedwith the tubular section and having an extension directed betweenadjacent faces of the guide and the wall of the trough and slidable in agroove formed in one thereof, said extension having a terminal portioninterchangeably engageable in a series of longitudinally spaced openingsformed in said wall of the trough.

2. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubularsections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for thepassage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and securedupon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with thetubular section and having an extension directed between adjacent facesof the guide and the wall of the trough and slidable in a groove formedin one thereof, said extension having a terminal portion interchangeablyengageable in a series of longitudinally spaced openings formed in saidwall of the trough, the guide being exteriorly roughened and beingsecured to the troughshaped section adjacent its unction to the tubularsection.

3. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubularsections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for thepassage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorlv fitting and securedupon the walls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated with thetubular section and having an extension directed along one side wall ofthe trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinally spacedopenings, the extension having a terminal for selective engagement insaid openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face of the wallthereof which opposes said wall of the trough through which saidextension is directed.

t. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubularsections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for thepassage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and securedupon the walls of the trou h-shaped section, a stop associated with thetubular section and having an extension directed along one side wall ofthe trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinally spacedopenings, the extension having a terminal for selective engagement insaid openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face of the wallthereof which opposes said wall of the trough through which saidextension is directed, the stop having a second extension directed alongthe opposite wall of the trough, the coacting wall of the guide having agroove for the reception of said second extension.

5. An embroidery needle comprising merging trough-shaped and tubularsections provided adjacent opposite ends thereof with eyes for thepassage of embroidery material, a guide exteriorly fitting and securedupon the i 'alls of the trough-shaped section, a stop associated withthe tubular section and hav' ing an extension directed along one sidewall of the trough, said side wall having a series of longitudinallyspaced openings, the extension having a terminal for selective engagement in said openings, the guide having a groove in the inner face ofthe wall thereof which opposes said wall of the trough through whichsaid extension is directed, the stop having a second extension directedalong the opposite wall of the trough, the coac't ing wall of the guidehaving a groove for the reception of said second extension, said stopbeing U-shaped in form and straddling the tubular section, saidextensions comprising angular continuations of the arms of the stop.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 7

PHILLIP S. KIRB Y.

